is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, september 3. here's what's happening. >> a manhunt is underway after two women were robbed and pistol whipped during a brutal home invasion. we have more on the schuylkill county police officer who was assaulted and thrown down a cliff after a traffic stop. >> it's going to be a scorcher, we'll get a break, but it will be temporary. >> let's go to weather and traffic with david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: all right, everyone we're off to a warm and humid

start. we have an ozone-action day ground cleverly ozone, the pollutants would be a problem especially in you're in a sensitive group. we have fog here or there, but we'll transition to partly sunny skies. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 70 in wilmington. upper 0s in allentown mid 60s in millville and 75 in cape may. it's farther south where we have oppressive humidity, everybody else he feels moderately humid as you step outside. 73 by 6:00. 75 by 8:00. patchy fog is possible you want to slow it down. as you look at the rest of the day, 80 by 9:00. 89 by noon, day five of heat wave number five of 95 degrees, we'll hit that late in the day around 4:00. looks like we'll break the heat, but not so much the humidity

tomorrow that story and the nice holiday weekend preview coming up. >> reporter: break the heat, not the humidity. why not. looking live on i-95 on woodhaven. southbound traffic heading toward center city no delays are issues out there, all lanes open the overnight construction is clear, looking equally quiet on the vine street expressway, no delays just yet. we have a problem on the benjamin franklin parkway inner drive is closed between 20th and aikens oval getting ready for the made in america festival it will last until tuesday morning. expect delays in the morning hours for that. in mercer county 295. both ways between sloan avenue and route 1 construction blocks the left lane that will be out there for another hour, swells construction blocking the right lane. crews are hard at work. other than that you're good to go. brazen bandits terrorized the mother and daughter in the

lawncrest section of philadelphia. katherine scott is live at northeast detective's with the details. katherine. >> reporter: matt there are surveillance cameras near the home police are hoping there's footage that can help in the investigation to give them more details on the suspects. the victim told police when she got out of her car last night she didn't see anybody but when she got to the back door, suddenly two men appeared a terrifying home-invasion robbery in lawncrest leaves two women injured, a 56-year-old woman returning from work pulled into the back driveway of her home. as she entered the back door, two men pushed her inside at gunpoint and hit her in the face with the gun. her mother investigated the noise. >> they were forced to the floor, guns were put to both of

their heads. they were asking where the money is if they didn't cooperate they would kill them both. the home was ransacked, the men ran out the front door, the 56-year-old had injuries to her lip and wrist. her mother had deep head lacerations that required stitches. >> these robberies are brazen it is a cowardly act to strike a 70-year-old woman and 56-year-old woman in the face. police don't know what was taken from the home. they don't know if the men was waiting for the women outside are or followed her home from work. this remains under investigation. scoment cot channel 6 "action w- katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> we have new information this morning on a attack on a police officer in schuylkill. it happened last night in west penn township. the sergeant was driving down

309 when she saw a car on the side of the road. she pulled over a approached the vehicle. state police officials explained what happened next. >> a scuffle had ensued between her and one of the occupants of the car. she ends up calling for help at 17:08. she is found down an embankment, probably 20 feet down an embankment. >> reporter: the sergeant was flown to lehigh valley hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police are searching for a dark colored nissan maxima. a recent high school graduate is accused of collecting nude pictures of female classmates and putting them online. he is has been charged. police traced the act to brandon berlin who was a senior at north

penn high school at the time of the he is being charged as an adult. now to politics, donald trump may agree to support the republican candidate with president even if it's not. sources say all signs point out that trump will sign a pledge to support the eventual party nominee even if he loses and agree not to run as independent. meanwhile, joe biden is testing the political waters in florida. he continues to mull over whether to join the 2016 presidential race. it is looking more likely than not. biden attended a fund raiders after an earlier speech at miami dade college. >> pope francis will be in philadelphia in 23 days for the world meeting of families and there are growing concerns about the crowds or the lack of them. tens of thousands of train passes have gone unsold and thousands of hotel rooms have

yet to be reserved. back in june organizers estimated there could five thousand chartered buses carrying the pilgrims to the parkway. the secret service released a list of prohibited items from the parkway event they include larger backpacks and bags and bicycles, selfie sticks, and explosive weapons are 0 firearms of any kind just in case you were wondering. we have the complete list along with the manchester restrictions at 6abc.com. tune into a special edition 20/20 pope francis and the people. david muir moderated the historic event of the pope watch tomorrow. storm tracker 6 live double

scan shows you we're dry, as we look outside we have the promise of sunshine coming up later, hazy and lights over the airport. there's the possibility of patchy fog, but we're not seeing anything of great significance. 76 degrees is the current temperature. 68 in allentown. 71 in twrnt. 75 in cape may. feeling muggy out there. visibility could be a factor over the next couple of hours, so far all we've seen is slight visibility down in wildwood and south jersey. satellite shows you you'll see sunglasses i-95 and pennsylvania turnpike through the major hey highways and by ways. we'll have clouds filter in and we'll wind up with partly sunny skies i don't even recall. you see all the highs in the 90, 92 will be the high in the lehigh valley. partly sunny and hot and humid

conditions. slight day or evening pop pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the northern or western areas. at the shore, warm and humid, afternoon sea breeze high of 87. the farther south you go long the coast, it's uncomfortable the humidity will be higher as we get down into cape may county and beyond. i-95 is the high in philadelphia. partly sunny, hot and humid, there's how the numbers will climb. 735 degrees by 8:00. if you want to get early exercising in that's the time to do. 93 by 2:00. 95 around 4:00 p.m. before slipping back to 94 later on. after we get done with the 95-degree thursday it will be hot and humid the possibility afternoon isolated thunderstorm north. we're looking at a drop in temperatures tomorrow because the cold front will drop out of the north, still humid tomorrow, but high of 87. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we've got a high of 95.

tomorrow, 87 degrees, disiky, isolated thunderstorm possible at times. beautiful on saturday, low humidity, 84. temple hosting penn state. 88 on sunday, not out of the question we hit 90. we wrap up the holiday weekend on monday, 91 back in the hotter territory and lots of sunshine and beautiful holiday weekend, more rain possible wednesday we could use it. >> still ahead on "action news," developing a woman has been arrested in connection with the death of an illinois police officer, but police say she was not the one who pulled the trigger. >> a south carolina lawmaker proposes a visual gender check before students hit the playing field. we'll explain what's going on. >> reporter: live in delaware county looking at the blue route, quiet scene no delays. we'll check on the accident on the schuylkill expressway coming up. >> a cable tv star doesn't like

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5:13, all those early birds there, going up and down the platt bridge without any trouble. it's nice when you get up early like us. >> speaking of getting up early and getting out there let's go over to karen rogers.

>> reporter: up early out early the road is yours for the most part. this is the schuylkill expressway expressway we have an accident on the schuylkill expressway westbound at 202. we saw a tow truck under the overpass, i think i do still see there's a car off to the side. it's hard to make out, i can see the flashing lights. on the shoulder schuylkill westbound at king of prussia. looks like the tow truck left the scene. northeast extension northbound past quakertown we have construction blocking the right lane. in cumberland county we have some construction going on 55 northbound past 49 exit 24. route 42 northbound traffic moving okay at creek road. they had that terrible construction where you had to get off 42 and get back on, things are looking better now. on the waze app somebody is talking about an on the road in the atlantic city expressway.

gloucester, watch for that. warm, 76 degrees, once againy, today a high of 95 only a slight chance for a shower later especially north and west tonight. overall as we look at the 60 day rain deficit. most areas running 3 1/2 to 4 inches of rain behind what we would get in allentown. not a whole lot of rain coming our way. >> we are continuing to follow developing story, the men wanted for killing an illinois police officer in the chicago suburbs, still on the loose, but overnight police arrested a woman who claimed she saw the killers near fox lake where the lieutenant was gunned down. police say she was lying, the 30-year-old police veteran was shot pursuing three suspicious men. a michigan mother is accused of driving drunk with

two children in the car. in the video you can see her begging police to call a family member to pick up her two toddlers. her blood alcohol registered at .225. five suspicious packages were intercepted at a pennsylvania post office and destroyed. they were addressed to a young cast member of the dance mom's reality show. the packages contained bizarre items including nude photos and scrap book and handwritten letters. police arrested a 30-year-old california man who had a historical of sending questionable packages to celebrities. california says transgendered students must undergo an inspection which team they can join. the south dakota high school

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shoulder westbound near fort washington. look for these crews out there, davey. >> reporter: it is warm and muggy. temperatures in the 70s, 8:00 a.m., 80s in philadelphia. looks like we'll see a high of 95 degrees probably not until 4:00 p.m. partly sunny skies, just a slight chance of a late-day shower or thunderstorm. no big weather makers around the country. so hopefully we have clear sailing at philadelphia international in case you have a light summer flight. all green in our most commonly traveled destinations. >> in "healthcheck," seems like more people are getting knee replacement surgery. there were years when knee replacement surgery was the most common procedure. over the last ten years, knee replacements 88% for money the average age of patients getting

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news," police are searching for the armed intruders who attacked a woman and her mother during a violent home invasion. >> the heat wave continues for another day and expect a brief break before the 90s return. >> you'll need a ticket to get close to the pope we'll tell you who is handing out the tickets and where to get one. >> reporter: good morning, guys we are off to a warm and muggy start and air quality alerts in parts of the region, seniors young kids those with respiratory ailmentses you -- ailments, you want to take it

easy. we'll have sun and patchy fog and transition to partly sunny skies. 68 in allentown. 70 in wilmington. 71 in trenton. 75 in cape may. checking out the dewpoints numbers in the 70s in dover and cape may. moderately humid from millville into philadelphia and the northern and western suburbs. 73 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 75 by 8:00 a.m. patchy fog can't be ruled out. as we roll through the day, hot and humid, 94 degrees by 3:00 p.m. with the high of 95 smacking degrees at 4:00 p.m. it will be on the humid side we'll break it tomorrow, it will be muggy, but not as hot, but good changes for the holiday weekend. what about roads? >> reporter: nice timing for the holiday weekend. for now, the roads are looking good i-95 southbound traffic no delays